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Page 152
... road enters terrane underlain by Gamsberg gran- ite , with the hills to the east of the road composed of the same granite . There are some granite outcrops fairly close to the road , and after about 2 km , the road takes a marked turn ...
... road enters terrane underlain by Gamsberg gran- ite , with the hills to the east of the road composed of the same granite . There are some granite outcrops fairly close to the road , and after about 2 km , the road takes a marked turn ...
Page 180
... road cuts . The road then crosses a peneplain , underlain by reddish sandstones of the upper Fish River Subgroup , and flat - topped mountains com- posed of pink shale can be seen on the northern side of the road . After another 12 km the ...
... road cuts . The road then crosses a peneplain , underlain by reddish sandstones of the upper Fish River Subgroup , and flat - topped mountains com- posed of pink shale can be seen on the northern side of the road . After another 12 km the ...
Page 255
... road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with Damaran schist forming the undulating hills to the S. Some 7 km from the Petrified Forest , the road climbs to reach a small pass , from where the main Etendeka lava ...
... road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with Damaran schist forming the undulating hills to the S. Some 7 km from the Petrified Forest , the road climbs to reach a small pass , from where the main Etendeka lava ...
Contents
Namibia from the Archaean to the Cenozoic | 9 |
An overview of the Namibian mineralogy | 23 |
Present mineral production and exploration | 29 |
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amphibolites basalts Belt Brandberg Brukkaros calcrete Cenozoic Cenozoic sediments column for route composed conglomerate Craton Cretaceous crossed Damara Granite Damara Orogen Damara Sequence deposits diamond dolerite dolomite dunes Dwyka Formation dykes Erongo Escarpment Etendeka Etjo Fault Fish River Subgroup fossils Geological gneisses Grootfontein Hakos Group Henties Bay hills Hohewarte Complex Huab intruded Kalahari Basin Kalahari Group Karibib Karoo Sequence Keetmanshoop Kuibis Subgroup Kuiseb Formation Kunene landscape layers limestone Lüderitz Maltahöhe marble Mesoproterozoic metamorphic meteorite minerals Mulden Group Namaqualand Namaqualand Complex Namib Desert Namibia Nappe Naukluft northern Nosib Group occur Okahandja Omaruru Orange River Otavi Otavi Group Otjiwarongo outcrops Outjo overlain overlying PALAEOPROTEROZOIC pegmatites peneplain prominent quartz latite quartzite ridge road continues road cuts rocks sand sandstone schist Schwarzrand Subgroup seen Sesfontein shale sills Sinclair Sequence Spitzkuppe Swakop Group Swakopmund terrane underlain thrust Tsondab Tsumeb Tsumeb Subgroup turn-off Ugab underlain by Cenozoic valley volcanic Windhoek Zone